WASHINGTON – As Democrats and Republicans battle over how much spending should be cut to bridge the budget shortfall, one senator is focusing on the other side of the equation: revenues. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday afternoon...

CHICAGO – The battle against Republican attempts to undermine trade union rights is spreading with Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state of Indiana in a bid to block anti-union legislation, and workers’ rights protests swelling in the US...

Befuddled by his party’s struggles to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, outgoing Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio jested that the Democratic Party may as well “fold up” if it loses this battle. “I mean, if we can’t...

Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit. Budget proposals from leaders in both parties have urged shrinking or eliminating...

The top Republican senator on the Armed Services Committee says a Pentagon study on how to implement the repeal of the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy doesn’t go far enough. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)...

Alan Grayson, the Democratic firebrand from Florida’s 8th District, made himself a nationwide household name — and angered conservatives — last year with his declaration that the Republican plan for health care amounts to...

Texas Governor Rick Perry has accused President Barack Obama of “gambling with American lives” after a bullet believed to be from a gun battle in Mexico hit a building in the US state. “For the second time in two months,...

During a conference call with supporters, former Vice President Al Gore declared that the battle to pass significant climate legislation this year “has not been successful and it’s pretty much over for this year.” Ã¢â‚¬Å“I hope...

Powered by Mochila Some nights Albert Snyder wakes up at 3 a.m. Other nights he doesn’t sleep at all, tormented by thoughts of the hateful signs carried by a fundamentalist church outside his Marine son’s funeral. “Thank God...

US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Friday he will retire this summer, giving President Barack Obama a chance to make his second pick in two years to the key nine-member bench. A leader of the court’s liberal wing, Stevens, who...

Financial reform in doubt as pro-Wall Street forces step up battle The man often credited with successfully ending America’s long struggle with inflation in the 1980s issued a stern warning to the world’s bankers that they...